Love Poetry & Short Love Poems

I Could Imagine You

I couldimagine your eyes, bright and lively
Excitement coursing through the pools of blue sea
Your hands moving animatedly
Gesturing and talking in ways your mere words could not extend
I listened patiently
Fascinated
Not with what you had to say, but in the resonant sound in whichyou said it
Inside I secretly ached because I wanted to have been the one tobring
such life into you.

... I thought of telling you then, but I didn't have the strengthto

I could imagine your eyes, hooded and downcast
Anger fusing to cause electricity in your stormy skies
Your hands clenched in fists of rage
Tight and rigid on your lap
I listened cautiously
Furious
Not at you and the way you reacted, but with the way she madeyour voice
tremble
Inside my fury burned because I wanted to have been the one tomake you
feel such intensity.

... I thought of telling you then, but I didn't have the will to

I could imagine your eyes, coy and sly
Passion dilating your pupils
Your hands open and slick with sweat
Rubbing over your jeans to dry them
I listened painfully
Jealous
Not because you felt bliss and joy, but because you felt it withher
Inside my heart broke because I wanted to have been the one tobring you
to such a fervent pitch of desire.

... I thought of telling you then, but I didn't have the courageto

I could imagine your eyes, sad and pained
Unshed tears creating a wall of anguish
Your hands trembling like a child's
Shaking as they cradled your head
I listened silently
Miserable
Not because of you but because she had caused you to feel suchhurt
Inside my heart was torn because I felt sorry for you and hereven though
I secretly wanted to have been the one whose name you sobbed.

... I thought of telling you then, but I didn't have the heart to

I could imagine your eyes, distant and weary
Your eyelids shutting out the world
Your hands limp like rags
Hanging lifelessly on each side of your body
I listened intently
Desperate
Not because I was drinking in your every word, but because I wasstraining
to hear you speak a word at all
Inside my heart was cold because I could not comfort you when youneeded
me the most.

... I told you then, but only because I couldn't find any morereasons not to

I could imagine your eyes wide and startled
Your eyes looking away
Your hands fidgeting restlessly
Nervously running through your hair
I listened abjectly
Depressed
Not because you didn't care, but because you cared too much tolet me
dream
Inside my heart shattered because I thought my world had ended.

... I thought of dying then, but I couldn't find the words totell you

I could imagine your eyes, sympathetic and pleading
Your brows furrowed out of concern
Your hand stretched out in front of your body
Reaching out to me
I didn't listen then
Hollow
I walked away, not because you hurt me, but because I was hurtingmyself
by looking at you
Inside my heart cried because all these years I spent my lifeimagining
you -

And all I ever wanted was for you to imagine me, too.